Research & Innovation

Bavaria is one of the most research-intensive locations in the world. The state holds a national and international position in terms of the expenditure on research and development, with annual investments totalling around 5 billion euros. Every fourth patent applied for in Germany originates in Bavaria. A total of around 100,000 people work as researchers and scientists in companies, universities and non-university research facilities in Bavaria.

Innovation policy in Bavaria

Within the framework of the “Offensive Zukunft Bayern” and the “High-Tech Offensive”, since the nineties, over 4 billion euros from privatisation proceeds have been invested in education and research, the development of high-tech centres, the encouragement of the founding of new businesses, infrastructure development, technology transfer and the internationalisation of science and industry.

The following areas of application and technology for research and technology hold particular long-term importance for Bavaria:

IT and electro-technology (ICT, sensor technology, power electronics, mechatronics and automation)

Services and the media (financial services, media)

The objectives: Closer collaboration between science and industry allowing the results of scientific research to be converted even more rapidly into products and processes in companies. www.cluster-bayern.de